François Robichon de la Gueriniere (1688-1751) was a French riding master who had a profound effect on accepted method for correct training of the horse, and is one of the most influential riders on the art of dressage. Dressage (pronounced dress-ahhzh /ˈdrɛsɑʒ/ (a French term most commonly translated to mean "training" is a path and destination of competitive Horse training
History
Born 1688 in Essay (France) (near Alençon), Gueriniere spent most of his early years in Normandy. Essay is a town in the Orne département and in the région Haute-Normandie in France. Normandy (Normandie Norman: Normaundie) is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. Although his brother Pierre des Brosses de La Guérinière directed the Académie d'équitation in Caen (originally established by another French master, Antoine de Pluvinel, in 1594), Gueriniere's most influential instructor was M. Caen (kɑ̃ is a commune in northwestern France. It is the Prefecture of the Calvados department and the capital of the Antoine de Pluvinel (1552 - 1620 was the first of the French riding masters and has had great influence on modern Dressage. de Vendeuil.
In 1715, Gueriniere received his diploma as a écuyer du roi, and he began as a director of an equestrian academy in Paris, a position which he held for 15 years and which earned him an excellent reputation as an instructor and rider. This led to an appointment by the Grand écuyer de France, Prince Charles de Lorraine, as Directeur du Manège des Tuileries in 1730. The Grand Écuyer de France or Grand Squire of France or Grand Equerry of France was one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France and a member of the He held this position of Equerry to Louis XIV until his death in 1751. Early years Birth and ancestry Louis XIV was born in the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye on September 5 1638 and bore the Heir apparent
Riding Theories
La Gueriniere is credited for the invention of the shoulder-in, which he called the "alpha and omega of all exercises," having been the first to describe it. The shoulder-in is a Dressage movement used to supple and balance the horse and encourage use of its hindquarters His famous book "Ecole de Cavalerie," meaning School of Horsemanship, which was published in 1733, and is one of the most important books on the training of the horse ever written, detailing equitation, veterinary treatment, and general horsemanship. This book has become the most important text of the famed Spanish Riding School, and much of their everyday training is based upon it. The Spanish Riding School ( de: Spanische Hofreitschule, the "Spanish Court Riding-School" of Vienna, Austria, is a traditional riding
Most of his exercises were to increase the horse's suppleness and balance, and he had a progressive schooling system to reach an overall goal: a light, obedient, calm horse that was a pleasure to ride. Gueriniere is also credited for the invention of the flying change and the counter-canter. A lead change refers to an animal moving in a Canter or gallop, changing from one lead to the other In the context of a Quadruped that is Cantering
In his book, Gueriniere stresses using few aids and punishments while riding. Riding aids are the cues a rider gives to a horse to communicate what they want the animal to do He also comments greatly on the use of the shoulder-in at all gaits, including the gallop. Gueriniere states the rider must also have a good seat in order to have a soft, light hand, and makes several references to William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle. William Cavendish 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne KG KB PC (6 December 1592 &ndash 25 December 1676 was an English Polymath and
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